Jeanerette News

The Assumption Parish sinkhole is the focus of two pieces of legislation facing Louisiana lawmakers during the 2013 legislative session.

West St. Mary High School announces its top graduates for the 2012-13 school term - Becka Renee' Caro, Alexis Nicole Cross, Megan Elizabeth Arton and Hayley Hiles.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests this morning: Michael Gonzales, 23, of 1206 Clements Lane, Bayou Vista, was arrested Wednesday at 6:13 p.m. on a charge of theft.

Lt. Gloria Lombard, assistant chief of police in Jeanerette, said Kendall George, 25, also had arrest warrants for theft, simple battery and unauthorized used of a vehicle.

St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert reported the following arrests this morning: Irvin Jermaine Escort, 33, of 281 Mallard St., Morgan City, was arrested Monday at 12:17 p.m. on charges of driving under suspension, speeding and driving left of center.

According to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, during the last 72 hour reporting period the Sheriff's Office responded to 137 complaints and reports the following arrests: Dwayne Robertson, 20, 258 Jones Road #1 Lot.

Beulah Loston Williams, 84, a resident of Jeanerette and a native of Four Corners, died Saturday, April 27, 2013, at 9:20 p.m., at her residence.

The 2010 Deepwater-Horizon-BP oil spill released roughly 4.9 million barrels into the Gulf of Mexico over the course of 87 days.

The measure would have limited the lieutenant governor, secretary of state, attorney general, state treasurer and commissioners of insurance and agriculture to three, four-year terms.

A former finance director for a Baton Rouge nonprofit organization that aids low-income residents admitted in federal court that she embezzled nearly $51,000 from the agency in 2011.

A 49-year-old Patterson man was arrested Monday by St. Mary Parish Sheriff's deputies after he hit a pedestrian with his vehicle while backing out of a driveway in Jeanerette, according to Sheriff Mark Hebert.

According to St. Mary Parish Sheriff Mark Hebert, during the last 72 hour reporting period the Sheriff's Office responded to 123 complaints and reports the following arrests: Roselyn Collins, 20, 109 Watson Lane Patterson, LA was arrested on April 26, 2013 at 12:05 am for domestic abuse battery and on a warrant for failure to appear on the charge ... (more)

Midway between Jeanerette and Baldwin on Hwy. 182, part of an old smokestack rises forlornly above the cane fields.

Mr. Davis was also processed on warrants issued by 3rd Ward City Court and City Court of Jeanerette, both charging him with Failure to Appear.